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PHANTASMIC
Definition of PHANTASMIC
adjective
Like a phantasm; ghostly, unreal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From phantasm + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHANTASMIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 133 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHANTASMIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACHIMNPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PHANTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHANTASMIC?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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